Temptation

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… He is not a hot-house plant, sheltered from temptation. He does not live in a world of holy and hallowed influence, preserving him from sin. He stands …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… love of Jesus in His holy ministry, the love of Jesus in the temptation in the wilderness, the love of Jesus in His miracles, the love of Jesus …

Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way

Genesis 11:31

… Our first father, Adam, fell by the temptation of her whom he loved and the old serpent still knows how to seduce through our affections and lead into …

Further Afield

Acts 13:46-48

… For "as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." If you be- lieve, you are ordained to possess on earth the holy life which temptation cannot destroy …

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

2 Timothy 2:15

… Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. Reckon not yourselves to have attained unto perfection, but forget the things that are behind, and reach forward to …

The Old Man's Sermon

Psalm 71:17

… Where the driver thinks he needs not hold them up any longer, down they go! And thus many men have borne temptation bravely for years—and just when …

Foundation Work

1 Kings 5:17

… Very much of foundation work is out of sight and the temptation is to pay but small attention to its finish. It was not so with Solomon. Although …

Chariots of Iron

Judges 1:19

… We must be watchful, so that the next time the temptation comes we may escape from it. Let us make war on the evil and say, "It is …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… saint in Heaven but what Christ has! Nothing needed in any hour of temptation, in any time of depression—nothing needed in any moment of sickness, or in …

Enquire of the Lord

Ezekiel 36:37

… Too often the temptation is to enquire for an eminent revivalist, or ask whether a great preacher could not be induced to come. Now, I do not object …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… woman, and was somewhat given to drink; he had to struggle with some temptation and opposition, but he was enabled to hold on his way, and then, in …

Jesus Declining the Legions

Matthew 26:53

… But I cannot linger, although I feel a great temptation to do so. My text is full of teaching, but a main point is the third one—OUR …

A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!

John 11:14-15

… Often trouble puts men out of temptation. They would have gone into bad company, to drunkenness, or lust, but they could not. The appointment was made—ah! the …

Healing and Pardon

Isaiah 33:24

… In answer to your morning prayer, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One," you shall be preserved in purity and uprightness and from …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… He warns us that "they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and …

The Friends Of Jesus

John 15:14

… Suppose that tomorrow you are brought into temptation by being asked to do something questionable? Decide it this way—if Jesus could come in at that moment and …

Gathering to the Center

Mark 1:45

… It represents our Lord after the temptation in the wilderness, when He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered unto Him. The angels are depicted as …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… to rise;” so should my conscience be so well regulated, that when a temptation is near, or a sinner is near me whom I ought about warn, my …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… If it were Moses that spoke, if he spoke for God, I dare not challenge him, yet there might be the temptation. But when He speaks who is …

The Beginning of Months

Exodus 12:1

… of repentance on account of sin and the bitterness of struggling against the temptation to sin again! Even the minute touches of that typical festival are all correct …

What Is Your Life?

James 4:14

… Why should we? Banished from our God, liable to sin, subject to temptation, vexed with infirmities, with corruptions, O Lord, what do we wait for?— "Welcome, sweet hour …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… But the temptation comes, too, and we are ever weakest where perhaps we dreamt we were the strongest. Caleb was constant because he was a rooted man and …

A Divine Challenge!

Exodus 8:1

… By nature we are slaves to him who is infinitely our superior, namely, to Satan and all his hosts of sin. We may sometimes seek to snap the …

Light in the Cloud

… The ends in the case of Job were these, that Satan might be defeated, foiled with his own weapons, blasted in his hopes when he had everything his …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… Such, in a spiritual sense, must be the agony of a Christian if he is to overcome temptation and subdue the power of sin. Ah Brethren, it is …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… you Grace to be honest, upright, true and steadfast in the time of temptation, you may be quite sure that He will deliver you! In fact, He has …

The Unwearied Runner

Isaiah 40:31

… To stand to bear the wear and tear of daily temptation. To be roasted, as it were, before the slow fire of constant trials from inward sins and …

Robbers of God

Malachi 3:8

… Beloved, some yield to the temptation to limit the legal claims of God. They rob Him of His rights under His just and righteous Law. It has been …

God's Love to the Saints

1 John 3:16

… nevertheless, have suffered almost a martyrdom and who have fought stern battles with temptation! If they have fallen somewhat, they are to be honored because they have not …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… We may, alas, by the force of temptation, or by the demands of business, or by an overpowering lethargy become indifferent to our highest love—but this cannot …

God's Pupil, God's Preacher—an Autobiography

Psalm 71:17

… himself and more of the mercy of God, more of the power of temptation and more of the power of the Sacrifice that puts away sin—more of …

Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God

Hebrews 11:8

… After that fashion faith overcomes temptation. She rims in the way of obedience, or rather she mounts on the wings of eagles, and so speeds on her way …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… Or if, when preserved under temptation we fail to magnify the Lord—surely this, in each case, must be a God-provoking sin! If we add pride to …

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety

1 Kings 18:12

… To continue gracious during a long life of temptation is to be gracious indeed. For the grace of God to convert a man like Paul, who is full …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rejoice that now the bloodbought ones are free from all inbred sin, and delivered from all temptation. The battle's fought, the battle …

The Best Bread

John 6:48

… Now, is not this choice nourishment?— "Why should I complain of need or distress, Temptation or pain? He told me no less. The heirs of salvation, I know …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… from school to college, and from college to the pulpit, without encountering much temptation, or being rescued from the haunts of profanity—they know comparatively little, and speak …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… Come calamity or prosperity, whatever shape the temptation may assume, if the love of Christ has filled you with the fullness of God, you are ready for it …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… in their graves! In the cases of unanswered prayers, there is always the temptation to believe that God has not been faithful to His promises, that this bitter …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… And there is the temptation to look about us and ask for some assistance over and above the power which lies in the simple Gospel—but we must …